Cy-Fair is home to Sam Houston Race Park, which hosts quarter horse and thoroughbread racing throughout the year. It's Houston's only horse track.

Cy-Fair is home to Sam Houston Race Park, which hosts quarter horse and thoroughbread racing throughout the year. It's Houston's only horse track.

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The entrance to Bridgeland Fry Road near U.S. 290, one of Cy-Fair's newest master-planned communities, featureing 11,400 acres. More than 5,000 homes have been built, on the way to 21,000 homes planned.

The entrance to Bridgeland Fry Road near U.S. 290, one of Cy-Fair's newest master-planned communities, featureing 11,400 acres. More than 5,000 homes have been built, on the way to 21,000 homes planned.

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Houston Premium Outlets attracts shoppers to Cypress

Houston Premium Outlets attracts shoppers to Cypress

Photo: Gary Fountain, Freelance

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Workers put up a house frame new house in Fairfield, one of the first master-planned communties in Cy-Fair, at Mason Road and U.S. 290. the commuinty has grown to 5,800 households

Workers put up a house frame new house in Fairfield, one of the first master-planned communties in Cy-Fair, at Mason Road and U.S. 290. the commuinty has grown to 5,800 households

Photo: Thomas Nguyen, Freelance

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Cy-Fair sees population boom

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Cypress-Fairbanks, located 25 miles northwest of downtown Houston, is an unincorporated area of Harris County. It is located along U.S. 290.

Developed in the 1980s, the area now has a population of 587,142. Part of the area, south of 290, is mostly ranchland and grassy prairie, while north of 290 is forested and thickly wooded.

The zip code 77429 in Cy-Fair is one of the most affluent in Harris County, with nearly 77 percent of residents earning more than $50,000 a year and more than 42 percent earning more than $100,000. The Cypress urban cluster ranks 50th of the top 100 highest-income urban areas of the U.S. The area was first inhabited by the Atakapan Indian tribe.